then san francisco. hotwire checks the competitions' rates every day so they can guarantee their low prices. so our hotels were half price. ♪ h-o-t-w-i-r-e... ♪ hotwire.com >> this week on the journal editorial report, washington avoids the fiscal cliff with a tax and spend blowout. we'll tell you what it means for the u.s. economy and your wallet in 2013. plus, from hollywood film makers to nascar track owners a look at the real winners in this so-called tax cut for the middle class and this second term as house speaker secured, does john boehner has a strategy for dealing with president obama and can he survive the coming battle over the debt. welcome to the journal editorial report, i'm paul gigot. well, with no time to spare, congress passed and president obama signed into law this week a bill to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. the new years day deal represents the biggest tax increase the country has seen in 20 years, all in return for billions of dollars in new spending and spun of course, as